Dt. Radhika

In India, National Doctor’s Day is observed on the 1st of July to memorialize the death anniversary of the legendary physician Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy. Dr. Roy was honored with the Bharat Ratna Award in 1961 owing to his immense contribution to the field of medical science. After his death (1st July 1961), the Govt. of India marked this day as Doctor’s Day in 1991 as a tribute to him.

Someone once said, “Some heroes don’t wear capes, we call them doctors!”, and rightly so. The medical profession is perhaps the most prestigious yet challenging one. The role of a doctor includes removing the miseries and saving lives, and that is perhaps the reason why they are often considered equivalent to God. 

In today’s world, owing to factors like hectic schedule, sedentary lifestyle, poor diet, poor hygiene, etc. people end up facing various health problems including high blood pressure (hypertension), diabetes, heart ailment, neurological problems, cancer and others.  Therefore, the role of doctors has evolved over the years. In addition to providing quality treatment, a doctor also disseminates information on how to stay healthy it can be either through online and offline platforms.

Understanding the role of doctors 

• They work hard to save lives: As more and more people suffer from a number of diseases, doctors work relentlessly to save lives of people. They work hard round the clock and take care of their patients. In case of emergencies or critical illness, doctors extend their support not just in treating the patient physically but by boosting the morale of people. 
• They bring a change by improving lives: Doctors often share their expertise and viewpoints through the medium of educational articles and blogs, which enable patients in maintaining their health through self-care tips. 
• They work on increasing the life expectancy: Doctors and medical professionals work hard on research and development of techniques and methods through which critical illness can be treated and rate of survival increases. Cancer survivors owe their survival usually to the doctors and new-age medical technology.
• Humanitarian work: Doctors have been associated with humanitarian work since time immemorial. Several campaign groups associated with wellness and health like diabetes, cancer draw membership from medical professionals. They publicize information and spread awareness about how one should avoid certain ailments through lifestyle changes. From working at relief camps to volunteering in different organizations, doctors play a vital role for all. 
• Controlling epidemics: In case of an outbreak of certain diseases, valuable information is promulgated by health professionals which can help control the epidemic. Doctors put in their efforts to restrain the spread of such contagious diseases such as flu, SARS virus etc.  by alerting the public to factors like poor hygiene and sanitation, etc. 

Doctors are an important part of the society, as they help save lives. Moreover, with the advent of technology, people can connect with doctors from anywhere around the world. It has eased the boundaries between patients and doctors and has enabled patients to consult them in a cost-effective manner. 

Lybrate Grow India Scholarship is a merit-cum-means scholarship, which aims at creating a better future for children through twin goals - Good Health and Good Education. 

• Free Education: Your child will be provided with an assistance of Rs 25,000 every year towards education.
• Free Healthcare: Your child will be provided with an assistance of Rs 25,000 every year towards healthcare needs.

3 Step Scholarship Process

1. Register online 
2. Online Aptitude Test*
3. Telephonic Interview*

*If your child is below 8 years old, there won't be any Online Aptitude Test (Step 2).
*Telephonic Interview will be of one of the parents.
*Online aptitude test and the interview would have basic questions as per the child's age

Application Details 

• This Scholarship is being awarded by Lybrate India Pvt. Ltd. 
• All adult individuals, having a child/children between the age of 0 years to 19 years, are eligible to participate in the Lybrate Grow India Scholarship, subject to the terms and conditions mentioned herein, which will be presumed to have been accepted by him/her.
• The applicant should be an Indian National.  
• All applicants will be given a fair chance to win the scholarship.
• Up to 10 scholarships will be awarded. 
• Each scholarship will cover the health and education of maximum two children, irrespective of the parent having more than two children.
• Incorrect or incomplete details will result in disqualification. The winners will also need to submit a photocopy of the following documents in order to claim the scholarship:
• Government-issued photo ID (Aadhaar card, or Passport).
• Child's birth certificate.
• In case of any conflict in the selection process, deadlines or scholarship conditions, the decision of the Lybrate selection team will be final and binding. 
• The selection will be based solely on the basis of merit of the candidate. Lybrate is authorized to change the terms and conditions anytime during the entire course of the entire event.

Frequently Asked Questions 
1. Is there any fee for applying?
No, registration is completely FREE.

2. Is there any minimum age criteria for the child?
No. There is no minimum age criteria, you can even apply if your baby is about to born in next 1 month.

3. Is there any maximum age criteria for the child?
Only children below 19 years are eligible.

4. Is there any qualification criteria for parents?
No, there is no criteria for parents. Anyone can apply

5. What are the criteria for winning the scholarship?

• First, there will be an aptitude test for the child. There won't be an aptitude test in case the child is below 8 years.
• Second, there will be a telephonic interview of the child. If a child is below 8 years then the telephonic interview will be for one of the parents.

6. What would be asked in online aptitude test?
There will be a basic aptitude test tailor-made as per child's age.

7. What's Lybrate?
Lybrate is India's first and largest healthcare delivery and consultation platform. You can visit us at www.lybrate.com

Lybrate.com is India's first mobile healthcare communication and delivery platform.  As a healthcare company, we understand that a healthy mind resides in a healthy body.  Poor health adversely affects the education and to ensure the best for your child's future, Lybrate has decided to combine the two!
 

Festivals are the perfect time to celebrate and a zing to our daily lives. These are the times when we get to de-stress, unwind, and bond with our friends, family and savor loads of sweets and traditional foods. One such festival marking sheer happiness is the festival of colours – Holi! This spring festivity of colours brings with it loads of fun that imbibes a sense of exhilaration amongst everyone!

Holi get-togethers are the best part of this festival and are filled with colourful decors, a variety of mocktails, splash of colours and delectable sweets and snacks. Considering it is almost knocking at the door and we can’t wait for those appetizing Holi treats. But whether the snacks are healthy or baked, it is best to limit the quantities as they contain sweeteners and carbohydrates, which can cause overeating and eventually weight gain and ruins the afterglow from the festival.

Celebrate this Holi the healthy way with these traditional snacks with a twist of good health

Sweet & Savoury Gujiyas: One of the quintessential holi delicacies are the gujiyas. These are flaky and crisp but are loaded with sugar and oil. One can make the sweet puffs by adding khoya and healthy sweeteners instead of sugar, which will also make them a little less sweet, but certainly adds that pinch of health quotient. One of the most brilliant ways to make gujiyas is to make it in an air fryer as it would only need one-fifth of oil which would otherwise be required and make it a fantastic healthy delicacy to enjoy by all.   Here is a quick recipe for Gujias in an Airfryer:

Ingredients:

For the dough:

• Maida – 250 grams
• Vegetable oil – 1 tablespoon
• Water

For Stuffing:

• Dry fruits (roasted) – 100 grams
• Desiccated coconut (grated) – 50 grams
• Sugar – 100 grams (Quantity can be changed as per taste)

Directions:

• Mix maida, water and oil and prepare a firm dough. Make balls of the dough and keep aside.
• Mix all the ingredients for the stuffing in a bowl.
• Preheat the Airfryer at 180 degrees.
• Roll the balls in thin flatbread. Apply water on the edges. Put the stuffing in the center and fold it in half.
• Seal the edges by pressing them.
• Prepare all the gujiyas in the same manner and place them in the Airfryer basket.
• Airfry them for 10 minutes or until they turn slightly brown.
• Take the basket out and transfer them to a kitchen towel and let them cool. Healthy gujiyas are ready to serve.

Dahi Vada With A Twist: Without negotiating on taste, bread dahi vada is a healthy alternative to the traditional and established urad dal vada. High in iron, minerals, and calcium, brown bread vada can be prepared in just ten minutes and requires no deep frying. Garnish it with green chutney and tamarind chutney. Here is a quick recipe for bread dahi vadas:

Ingredients:

• Bread – 1 packet
• Buttermilk – 200 ml

For the filling:

• Shredded coconut - 3 tablespoons
• Salt – ¼ teaspoon
• Ginger – 1 teaspoon
• Green chili – 2 teaspoons
• Almonds - 2 teaspoons (sliced in half)

For the serving:

• Dahi – ½ cup (whipped)
• Tamarind chutney (optional)
• Green chutney
• Salt (as per taste)
• Red chili powder (as per taste)

Directions:

• Preheat the oven at 180 degrees.
• Add all the ingredients for filling in a bowl. Mix well and set aside
• Cut all the bread slices in a round shape with a 3-inch cookie cutter or a bowl.
• Dip the bread in buttermilk on one side and add 2 teaspoons of filling in the middle.
• Fold the bread from the side and make it round in shape. Press the edges seal them.
• Prepare rest of the vadas in the same way.
• Brush the vada with butter or oil lightly and place them on a baking tray.
• Bake until the vadas turn golden brown.
• Take the vada out and soak them in water for 2 minutes. Squeeze out the water and place them on a serving dish.
• Serve the vadas by topping them with whipped dahi, sprinkle salt and red chili. Drizzle tamarind chutney, green chutney and few sprigs of coriander leaves. Healthy and baked vadas are ready to be served.

Cool It Up With Thandai: Holi is incomplete without its staple, Thandai. Any other drink cannot come even close to gulping a glass full of this lip-smacking drink down your throat. This year just make it with low-fat milk and add honey as the substitute for sugar and enjoy the drink guilt-free way.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup low-fat milk
• 1 1/2 liter water
• 1 cup honey
• 1 tbsp almonds (badam)
• 1 tbsp melon seeds (kalonji)
• 2 tsp poppy seeds (khus-khus)
• 1 tsp whole peppercorns (sabut kali-mirch)
• 2 tsp fennel seeds (saunf)
• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder (elaichi)
• 1 tbsp gulkand (optional)

Directions:

• Wash and clean all dry ingredients except honey and cardamom.
• Soak the ingredients in two cups of water for 2 hours and keep them aside.
• Grind all soaked ingredients except honey to a fine paste. It works best if you use a stone grinder. Add the remaining water to the paste.
• Strain the mixture through a muslin cloth or a very fine strainer.
• Now add milk, honey and rosewater to the extracted liquid. You can add more honey if you prefer your drink slightly on the sweeter side..
• If using cardamom powder mix it in with the milk.
• Mix well and serve chilled.

Go Green With Halwa: Lauki or bottle gourd constitutes 98% water and is enriched with so many nutrients, especially fibre. So, make a healthy Holi treat of lauki, and you don't have to choose between health and taste during this festival season. Add dry fruits and rose petals, of your choice and voila, you are all set!

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups grated bottle gourd (lauki)
• 1 tsp ghee
• 1 1/2 cups low-fat milk, 99.7% fat-free
• 1/2 tsp cardamom (elaichi) powder
• 2 tsp sugar substitute

Directions:

• Heat the ghee in a deep non-stick pan, add the bottle gourd and mix well.
• Cover it with a lid and cook on a medium flame for 5 to 6 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
• Add the milk and cardamom powder, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 15 to 17 minutes, while stirring continuously.
• Add the sugar substitute and mix well.
• Serve hot with love

With such healthy and yummy snack options on the plate, what should we wait for? So, it’s time to get drenched in colours, fill our tummies with mouth-watering yet mindful choices and leave worries and calories on a different continent. Have a happy & healthy Holi!

There is a popular notion that only people who are gymming or are into body building need to consume a protein-rich diet. What we don’t know is that it is a necessity for all of us Indians as our diets don’t have enough protein content.

While they are rich in fats and carbohydrates, the food that we take is protein deficient.

And the major worry is that we even don’t know how much protein does our body needs for it to function properly. We are clueless about it. That awareness is important to make up for all the protein deficiency that our food isn’t able to fill up for.

How much daily protein do we need?

Ideally, healthy adults need approximately 0.8g per kg body weight/day of protein. Protein needs also vary based on the activity level.

People with sedentary lifestyle: Such people spend most of the day sitting. They either have desk jobs or are mostly stuck to TV, with minimal physical activity or performing only light household chores. People in this bracket need 1g of protein per kg body weight per day.

People with moderate lifestyle: Such people spend a good part of the day on their feet. They are engaged in activities of daily living (e.g. shopping, cleaning, etc.) or walking occasionally. These kind of people need 1.3g per kg body weight per day.

People with active lifestyle: Such people have physically demanding job like they they engage in sports or go to the gym or jog etc. Their protein requirement is 1.6g per kg weight per day.

How protein deficiency affects our health?

1. Reduces body stamina: Protein deficiency can make you feel lethargic, fatigued and tired.

2. Lack of concentration: You tend to feel stressed, and experience mental fatigue.

3. Impaired immunity: You experience frequent bout of illness and slower recovery.

How to make up for protein deficiency?

A simple way is to consume a protein-rich diet. However, following such a strict diet is difficult and needs effort. So the other easier way is to include Protein Nutrition Drink in our daily routine to make up for lacking daily protein intake that isn’t fulfilled by our food. There are products available in the market like Nestle’s Resource High Protein that you can bank upon. Resource High Protein takes care of 37% of RDA (recommended daily intake/allowance) of protein. It has negligible sugar content (0.1%) as compared to other supplements in the market (15%-30% sugar). Available in tasty Vanilla flavor, its major source of energy is whey protein (78%).

So, make sure you consume the right amount of protein to stay healthy and fit.

Consuming right amount of protein daily is essential for staying healthy. The daily protein consumption requirement in a healthy adult is 1g/kg body weight. And this isn’t fulfilled by our diet.

Reason is that our Indian Diet is rich in carbohydrates and fats but falls short on proteins. Making up for this deficiency is very important as otherwise it could lead to major health problems we never even think of.

How to make up for protein deficiency?

A simple way is to consume a protein-rich diet. However, following such a strict diet is difficult and needs effort. So the other easier way is to include Protein Nutrition Drink in our daily routine to make up for lacking daily protein intake that isn’t fulfilled by our food. There are products available in the market like Nestle’s Resource High Protein that you can bank upon. Resource High Protein takes care of 37% of RDA (recommended daily intake/allowance) of protein. It has negligible sugar content (0.1%) as compared to other supplements in the market (15%-30% sugar). Available in tasty Vanilla flavor, its major source of energy is whey protein (78%).

Why whey protein is the best for you?

Whey protein, which is a liquid that separates from milk during cheese production, is considered the best source of protein. It is a complete, high quality protein.

1. Easy digestibility: It is easy to digest and help greater muscle growth and strength. Whey protein has high protein efficacy ratio, which makes it easy digestible. Its protein efficacy ratio is 3.2 compared to Soy protein (2.2) and Casein protein (2.5).

2. Protein utilization: Its biological value is 104, meaning by it ensures maximal protein utilization in the body with no wastage. Soy and Casein protein has biological values of 94 and 77, respectively.

3. Amino acids: It contains all of the essential amino acids, which are important to build and repair muscles and tissues.

4. Natural taste: Whey protein has a very natural taste.

How protein consumption improves your health?

Consuming adequate amount of protein is beneficial for your health in the following ways:

• It helps boost muscle mass.

• Help manage strong bones.

• It helps manage your weight by filling you up.

• It promotes healthy brain function and learning.

• It lowers blood pressure and stabilizes blood sugar levels.

• It protects your heart health.

So, make sure to consume right amount of protein to stay healthy and fit.

Adolescents exposed to drug use, mental distress and violence may engage in unsafe sexual activities that increase their chance of developing HIV infection in adulthood, according to a recent study by ‘University of Michigan’.

David Cordova, lead author of the study said, "our findings support the notion that the increasing frequency of psychosocial risk factors experienced during adolescence may have effects on HIV risk behaviors decades later".

The Stats-

• In 2015, 8,807 youth were diagnosed with HIV in the United States - 80% of those diagnoses occurred in individuals aged 20 to 24.
• Among youth diagnosed with HIV in 2015, 81% were gay or bisexual males. 
• In 2015, 1,489 youth were diagnosed with AIDS, representing 8% of total AIDS diagnoses that year.

Tips to Help Prevent Substance Abuse-
While it is practically hopeless to prevent anyone from using drugs, there are things we can all do to avoid drug addiction.

1. Effectively deal with peer pressure. 
2. Deal with life pressure
3. Examine the risk factors.
4. Seek help for mental illness. 
5. Keep a well-balanced life.

Indians are Vitamin D deficient, and it is a fact. But what yet remains ignored is the fact that Indians are Protein deficient too. As per a recent study, around 73% of the Indian diets lack protein and the troubling part is that 93% Indians are unaware of their ideal protein requirements. And we do not pay much heed to it!

This ignorance can be risky to our health as protein deficiency can lead to major health concerns.

How protein deficiency affects our health?

a) Reduces body stamina: Protein deficiency can make you feel lethargic, fatigued and tired.

b) Lack of concentration: You tend to feel stressed, and experience mental fatigue.

c) Impaired immunity: You experience frequent bout of illness and slower recovery.

Why are Indians protein deficient?

The reason is our diet, which are more of carbohydrates and fat but are short on proteins.

The Popular Protein Myth

It is usually believed that Protein intake is only necessary for those who are into body building or gymming. But this is a highly mistaken belief. As Indian diets are protein deficient, every healthy individual in India needs to supplement their diets with extra protein component.

How to make up for protein deficiency?

A simple way is to consume a protein-rich diet. However, following such a strict diet is difficult and needs effort. So the other easier way is to include Protein Nutrition Drink in our daily routine to make up for lacking daily protein intake that isn’t fulfilled by our food. There are products available in the market like Nestle’s Resource High Protein that you can bank upon. Resource High Protein takes care of 37% of RDA (recommended daily intake/allowance) of protein.

So, make sure to consume right amount of protein to stay healthy and fit.

A recent study by UK scientists found that Type 2 diabetes can be completely reversed if you lose weight radically. The results published in the international journal, ‘The Lancet’ showed that 86% of participants who achieved a weight loss of at least 15 kg were able to overcome the disease completely while 73% of those with a weight loss of 10kg or more showed similar results.

Previously considered a disease of the rich, diabetes has spread rapidly among the rural poor as well- thanks to unhealthy diet and no physical activity.

Sometimes, No Advanced Technology is Required For Treatment!
There is nothing that you can’t eat, just limit certain foods. You should:

• Eat a variety of foods including vegetables, fruit, sometimes some starchy foods like pasta
• Keep your intake of fat, sugar and salt minimum
• Have your breakfast, lunch and dinner every day - don’t skip meals

In the wake of increasing number of seasonal influenza cases, the Union Health Ministry has directed the National Capital and other states to strictly keep a tab on swine flu cases and monitor serious ones on a daily basis. The Health Minister, J P Nadda, gave a number of directions, including creating awareness and ensuring availability of medicines and vaccines.   

“We are monitoring the situation on real-time basis. A control room has already been set up and is fully functional now. We have also rolled out a nationwide awareness campaign on Seasonal Influenza (H1N1),” said the Union Health Minister, J.P Nadda.

HIGHLIGHTS

• 8,543 people succumbed to deadly swine flu virus between 2010 and 2017.
• Till July 2017, India witnessed over 19,113 cases of dengue and chikungunya.
• Delhi reported 485 fresh dengue cases in Sep. 2017

Who is at risk?
Seasonal influenza epidemics can seriously affect anybody anytime however pregnant women, children and the elderly are at highest risk.

Prevention Tips At A Glance-

• Get vaccinated.
• Stay at home if you are sick.
• Avoid close contact.
• Wash your hands frequently.
• Avoid touching your nose, mouth, and eyes.
• Cover your coughs and sneezes with a tissue.
• Keep yourself hydrated.

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